The Hawaii Department of Education has selected Chevron Energy Solutions to help it reduce its energy consumption and cost at all of its 255 public schools, the department said Wednesday.

Besides reducing energy use, other goals of the five-year “Ka Hei” program include building a diverse portfolio of new, clean and on-site energy generation, implementing aggressive energy efficiency and conservation measures including demand response, supporting the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative’s goals and the education department’s goal of 90 percent clean energy by 2040 and leveraging this transformation to create educational opportunities and stimulating the economy through employment of local expertise and labor.

Ka Hei’s first phase will begin implementation of renewable energy integration at three schools, one each on Maui, the Big Island and Oahu.

The DOE and Chevron Energy Solutions are also working with Hawaiian Electric Co. to find solutions to anticipated limitations on distributed generation on some neighborhood circuits.

The name Ka Hei comes from a specific type of snare used by the Hawaiian god Maui to capture the sun, according to Hawaiian tradition.